Individual Details
Thomas PRATHER
(2 Dec 1770 - 3 Feb 1823)
Events
| Birth | 2 Dec 1770 | Frederick Co., MD |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | 1794 | opened one of the first stores in the city - Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | | | |
| Marriage | 10 Feb 1800 | Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY - Matilda FONTAINE | | ||
| Occupation | 1812 | President, Bank of Kentucky - Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1817 | gave 5a. for the first city hospital - Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | |||
| Death | 3 Feb 1823 | Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | | ||
| Burial | Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | |
Families
| Spouse | Matilda FONTAINE (1782 - 1850) |
| Child | James Smiley PRATHER (1801 - 1860) |
| Child | William PRATHER (1804 - 1876) |
| Child | Mary Jane PRATHER (1809 - 1883) |
| Child | Matilda PRATHER (1811 - 1844) |
| Child | Marie Julia PRATHER (1814 - 1840) |
| Child | Catherine Cornelia PRATHER (1816 - 1844) |
| Father | Col. Thomas Mackay Sprigg PRATHER of "Conegocheaugue" (1704 - 1785) |
| Mother | Jennet SMILEY ( - 1785) |
| Sibling | William Basil PRATHER (1769 - ) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone.Miscellaneous
One of the area's early merchant's, Broadway, one of the current main streets in the city, was originally named Prather Street after him.Marriage
He m2 Mary S.Occupation
This first Louisville bank opened 1 Jan 1812.Death
From gravestone; mentioned in father's will.Endnotes
1. Louisville's First Families -A SERIES OF GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES Author - KATHLEEN JENNINGS Published by THE STANDARD PRINTING CO.- Louisville, KY 1920, Ch. III, p.34.
2. Louisville's First Families -A SERIES OF GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES Author - KATHLEEN JENNINGS Published by THE STANDARD PRINTING CO.- Louisville, KY 1920, Ch. III, p.34.
3. Louisville's First Families -A SERIES OF GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES Author - KATHLEEN JENNINGS Published by THE STANDARD PRINTING CO.- Louisville, KY 1920, Ch. III, p.35.
4. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96709788.